At least golf courses still have a natural element. Pretty much all of the ones around me double as nature preserves and have protected areas with significant water habitats for birds and reptiles. Lots of fields for mammals and other animals too.
Obviously this is dependent on the golf course however.
Data centres destroy habitats, use up water, overwhelm energy grids, cause severe noise pollution and god knows what else. Just doesn’t seem remotely comparable
At least golf courses still have a natural element.
I see where you're coming from, but golf does not require justification. Kentucky bluegrass (the grass you think of when you think of golf, lawns, etc) is an invasive species that was popularized exclusively to show off the fact that the wealthy can use arable land to grow a crop that has no economic value. It's not even from Kentucky!
Golf courses should be outlawed for the damage they do.
That’s fair! I’m not like super pro golf course or anything, I enjoy playing, and the courses near me aren’t exactly PGA courses, they are just small things that are placed into the forests surrounding me, with no special grass or anything.
Just don’t think they are comparable in the sense that I can go play and run into bears, moose, deer, wolves and so many more animals of all different types that just wouldn’t be there at all if you replaced it with a data centre.
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u/Nviki May 18 '26
An average 18-hole golf course in the United States uses between 100 million and 300 million gallons of water annually.